KH - Searching for You Part 6

‘That is some armour!’ Goofy exclaimed.

The party were back on the Gummi ship after Kairi passed the Four Dragon Guardians’ trials. They said farewell to Krocken who departed in an opposite direction. Donald had already put the ship to hyper-drive as Kairi tried on the gift that was bestowed to her.

The armour was made out of red dragon scales that illuminates in the darkness night and shone with such radiance, covering her entire body. Her shoulder pads were fashioned into dragonheads: protecting her shoulders and intimidating her enemies. The armour, while protecting Kairi, also granted her agility and courage.

‘Gosh!’ Goofy praised. ‘You look more of a Warrior Queen than a Princess of Heart!’

Kairi smiled. ‘Thanks Goofy.’

The Gummi Ship suddenly beeped and Donald checked the screen. ‘Looks like we’re approaching Agrabah.’

‘Agrabah?’ Kairi interest was piqued as she unsummons her Dragon Armour. ‘Isn’t it where Jasmine lives with Aladin?’

‘A-yep!’ Goofy confirmed. ‘Hey! Maybe Genie can help us in finding Sora!’

Kairi interest increased more. ‘Genie? As in a mystical being that grants you three wishes?’

Donald smiled. ‘He’s more than that! He is a friend to Aladin. I’m sure he be willing to help us!’

Donald stepped the engine and the Gummi Ship steered into Agrabah.

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The blazing sun of Agrabah was heating up the city like baking a cake in an oven. Despite the heat, the citizens of Agrabah, who were accustomed to the desert sun and blaze, were walking down the street, buying food for the evening’s meal, selling their products or bargaining with the nomadic merchants who travel to the city to sell their exotic spices and rare jewels. The streets became more crowded as entertainers such as snake charmers and street performers put on their acts to collect their earning from the pleasing crowd. While store holders were occupied with customers, street children will giggle quietly as they steal an apple or a loaf of bread. Such is a life in Agrabah.

In the corner of a street, a small brown furry creature wearing a small purple hat and coat was looking out for somebody. In its furry hands was an apple. Abu the monkey scampered on his two feet and hurried on, looking behind his shoulders. As he was not looking where he was going, he bumped into something making him fall on his bottoms. He nervously looked up and saw an angry face of the fruit stallholder.

‘You little thief!’ he shouted. ‘Give me back my merchandise!’

Abu gave a small scream and ran to the opposite direction: the stallholder in hot pursuit. The little monkey ran through people’s legs, under wagons and over rocks as the stallholder disastrously tried to avoid bumping into people. Abu turned his head and when he thought he was safe, he bumped into something again. He looked up but instead of looking scared, he spread a big grin. He saw a face of a goofy dog and standing besides him was a duck. Behind the two animals was a girl with auburn hair.

Goofy picked Abu up in his hands and chuckles, ‘Hey Abu, how are you? How’s Aladin and Jasmine?’

‘Hey’, Donald eyed the apple in Abu’s hands suspiciously. ‘Did you steal that?’

As Abu was shaking his head in denial, the stallholder caught to them: panting and wheezing heavily. ‘All… right… you blasted… mammal! Hand… me … back … that … Apple…’

Abu gave Donald and Goofy an innocent look until Donald looked meaningfully at him. Abu’s innocent face fell and he gave the apple back to the stallholder. The stallholder snatched it back from Abu’s paws, wipes the fruit with his sleeves and walked back to his stall.

‘Couldn’t we buy the apple for Abu?’ Kairi asked as she patted Abu on the head. Abu’s spirit returned.

Donald firmly shook his head. ‘He needed to be taught a lesson!’ Abu stuck his tongue at Donald.

‘Yeah!’ Goofy agreed. ‘And besides, there’s plenty to eat at the palace.’

‘Abu! Where are you?’ a voice echoed throughout the crowd. Stepping from the crowd was a dark-skin young man who wore the same hat and coat as Abu but human-size. Behind him was a dark-skin young girl with long, black hair tied in a ponytail and almond like eyes. She wore blue silk clothing and rich pointed shoes. Her clothing indicated her as one of royalty. Sitting on her shoulders was a red parrot.

When she saw Kairi, the dark-skinned girl squealed and ran up to her. Kairi also ran towards her and both of them embraced. After a long time, they let go smiling at each other.

‘Kairi!’ the dark-skin girl cried. ‘How’re you? I’m glad you came for a visit!’

‘Thanks Jasmine!’ Kairi smiled back. ‘I’m glad you’re doing okay. Agrabah is such a fine city!’

‘Wait until you see the palace.’ Jasmine winked. ‘You be surprised.

‘Donald!’ Aladdin cried as he greeted his friends. ‘Goofy! How’re you? It’s been a long time since we met!’ He stopped smiling when he saw somebody who was supposed to be here but was not. ‘Wait a minute, where’s Sora?’

Jasmine also looked up. ‘That’s right! Where is he?’

So once again, Kairi told them about how Sora was kidnapped by the Horned King, about his plans, and about the Crystals of Heart. ‘So the only way to save Sora, is by gathering all the Crystals of Heart before the Horned King do.’

‘And you need my Crystal of Heart too.’ Jasmine finished Kairi sentence. She held Kairi’s hand. ‘Kairi, of course we will help. Sora saved me at Hollow Bastion and he helped Aladdin defeat Jafar. Unfortunately, I don’t know where is this Crystal of Heart. I haven’t even seen it before.’

‘Maybe Genie can help.’ Aladdin suggested.

The parrot that was sitting on Jasmine’s shoulders snorted. ‘He can’t even find his own ears piercings.’

‘Iago!’ Jasmine scolded the parrot. Kairi looked up in interest.

‘Donald and Goofy had told me a lot about Genie. Does he really grants three wishes?’

‘That and more!’ A voice suddenly boomed. Blue smokes swirled around the group and stars popped out as a blue figure with black goatee, gold rings pierced in his ears, golden bangles on his wrists and silk pants appeared before them. ‘I’m the one and only: Genie of the lamp!’

Kairi was the only person to act thrilled at Genie’s appearance. ‘Oh my god! I always wanted to meet a genie! I have so many wishes that will guarantee my life with Sora!’

‘Wish away beautiful!’ Genie grinned.

Before Kairi could utter a word, Donald elbowed her in the knee. ‘Ahem!’

Kairi shook her head to the matter at hand. ‘But before… personal reasons, I need to find Sora. So I wish to see if Sora is okay.’

Genie winked and twirled around. When he stopped twirling, he was dressed as a fortune-teller and there was a crystal ball glowing in front of him.

‘Oh crystal ball heed my words. Show me where Sora is!’

The crystal ball became misty inside but soon showed an image of Sora, his arms chained like an eagle in what look like a cold, damp dungeon. For not seeing Sora for a long time, Kairi clutched the crystal ball excitedly, causing Genie to say, ‘Watch it! That crystal ball don’t come cheap from the Wal-Mart!’

At close inspection, Kairi saw Sora’s body moving: showing that he is breathing regularly.

‘He’s alive!’ Kairi said with relief, tears welling in her eyes. ‘I was so worried!’

Jasmine placed her hands on her shoulders. ‘I’m glad he’s okay.’

‘Hey!’ Donald said. ‘Why don’t we wish him here?’

‘That’s a great idea!’ Aladdin agreed. ‘What do you think, Genie?’

Genie gestured to the sky, moving his fingers. Genie started sweating heavily until his face turned purple. Without warning, he blew into pieces that floated down as blue-coloured snowflakes. The blue snowflakes pulled themselves together to form a very wobbly genie. He shook his head.

‘Sorry’, he apologised. ‘He is on another world and is beyond my power.’

Everybody sighed. Kairi recovered however. ‘There’s one thing we can do. Show me Jasmine’s special place.’

Aladdin and Jasmine looked at Kairi in surprise. ‘Special place?’

Kairi nodded. ‘If Jasmine is in a place where she had that special moment in her life, her Crystal of Heart will appear.’

Genie, instead of answering, just pointed up. Everybody looked up in confusion. All they see was the blue sky, clouds and the hot sun.

‘Maybe that explosion had given him a concussion.’ Iago joked.

‘One word out of you and I’m turning you into a stuffed parrot!’ Genie warned him.

‘Wait a minute!’ Jasmine said suddenly. ‘I remember! When Aladdin pretended to be a prince, he took me on a romantic flight on Carpet. It was so romantic!’

‘Ah!’ Aladdin said as he hugged Jasmine from behind. ‘I will never forget that night!’

‘Can we go there again?’ Kairi asked. ‘That will trigger the Crystal of Heart.’

‘In this weather?’ Genie exclaimed, shielding his eyes. ‘Girl, you will get roasted up there!’

‘Genie is right.’ Aladdin said. ‘We can always go up there at night. I’ll let Carpet bring us all up there.’

‘In the meantime’, Jasmine held Kairi’s hands. ‘Allow me to treat you to some Arabian hospitality. I’m sure you will enjoy yourself.’

Kairi smiled. ‘Thank you your highness.’

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Kairi, Donald and Goofy spent the rest of the day exploring the palace with Jasmine and Aladdin, playing with Jasmine’s pet tiger, Rajah, relaxing in the court and having a meal fit for a king. Despite the urgency of the situation, Kairi managed to enjoy her time with her friends: laughing at every jokes Genie makes or Rajah chasing Iago, Abu and Donald. Night fell quickly and the group went to the open court of the palace. Aladdin whistled loudly and something flew towards them. It was a purple Persian carpet with red patterns in the body and golden treads around it. It hovered in front of the group.

‘Kairi’, Aladdin introduced. ‘This is Carpet. Carpet, Kairi.’

‘Hello.’ Kairi greeted, sticking her hand out automatically. To her surprise, Carpet stood on two and shook her hand. It felt smooth and soft. Kairi giggled.

‘Agrabah is filled with wonders! Genies and flying carpets! What’s next?’

‘You will be surprise.’ Jasmine smiled. ‘There’s many more.’

The group climbed onto Carpet and Carpet took off with amazing speed. They sped through towers and buildings until they were high above the clouds. As Kairi stared in wonder at the stars above her, she imagined the same thing being up in the sky with Sora. Then she shook her head as Aladdin and Jasmine cuddled together.

‘This sure bring back some memories.’ Aladdin whispered into Jasmine’s ears. ‘Just you and me, alone, sailing through the wind.’

‘It was such a magical and romantic night of my life.’ Jasmine agreed. ‘My prince…’

‘My princess…’

Aladdin and Jasmine kissed, forgetting about the others behind them. The others had different reactions: Kairi was smiling for them; Donald and Goofy shared knowing looks while Abu and Iago made funny faces.

‘Argh…’ Iago moaned. ‘Don’t these two have any shame?’

‘Don’t ruin the moment you feather-brain.’ Genie popped out of nowhere and clapped Iago’s beaks shut.

Then something materialized in front of the kissing couple, breaking their kiss and causing them to gasp. A violet-coloured crystal in a shape of a lamp hovered in the air and floated down onto Jasmine’s hands. Both Aladdin and Jasmine marvelled at the precious stone.

‘So this is a Crystal of Heart.’ Jasmine marvelled. ‘I have never seen such a beautiful stone in my entire life.’

‘I don’t think the Cave of Wonders have a treasure this magnificent.’ Aladdin added.

Just then, Abu jumped onto Aladdin’s lap and snatched the Crystal of Heart away from Jasmine’s hands.

‘Abu!’ Aladdin cried.

Abu jumped off Aladdin’s lap onto the carpet, only to be knocked in the stomach by Iago.

‘Oh no you don’t you thieving monkey!’

The Crystal of Heart flew from Abu’s paws and high in the air before descending suddenly.

‘I got it!’ Donald and Goofy cried together but crashed into each other and making the crystal fly into another direction.

‘I got it!’ Kairi cried as she caught the crystal in her hands however, she took a step too close to the edge and lost her balance. She fell off Carpet, screaming as she fell towards the Earth. In her panic, she let go of the Crystal of Heart but she was powerless to do nothing. Certain she will hit the ground; she landed safely onto Carpet who swoops from above just to catch her.

Kairi took some deep breaths to stop herself from hyper-venting. Her friends came closer to see if she was all right. ‘Thanks Carpet; I thought I was done for!’ Then she remembered something. ‘Oh no! The crystal! It fell into the ground!’

‘Carpet!’ Aladdin ordered. ‘Take us down!’

Carpet descended slowly until they reached the ground. The gang got off and searched the area for the Crystal of Heart; no luck.

‘I can’t believe it’s gone!’ Kairi despaired.

Aladdin turned to Genie who nodded, ‘On it!’

Genie turned into a giant arrow and pointed at a direction. The group followed him until they stopped, Genie pointing down towards the ground.

‘There’s nothing here but sand and dust blue boy!’ Iago squaked.

‘Maybe there’s a secret passage.’ Jasmine suggested.

Genie turned back and raised his hands. ‘Open sesame!’

At those words, the ground split opened, revealing staircase that led to an underground passage.

Genie grinned. ‘Those words never fails!’

The group walked down the passage as they went deeper into it. The more they ventured, the more overwhelming the cave become. Small gems stick in the walls and dust of gold littered the ground. Torches hanged on the corridors, making it hot as the part continued on. Finally, they reached an open cavern full with activities. Creatures were pushing wagons filled with gems while some knocked precious stones off the wall with pick-axes. These creatures are dark with yellow, glowing eyes, crooked smiles and antennas sticking out of their heads.

‘Heartless!’ Jasmine gasped. The group quickly hid behind some rocks to avoid detection.

Kairi narrowed her eyes to get a closer inspection. ‘And looks like someone we all know is back.’

At the middle of all the commotion, a huge figure who looked like a black bulldog and wearing red and blue armour was shouting out orders to the working Heartless. ‘Faster you pipsqueaks! We don’t have all day ya know! I want an entire steamboat filled with gems in the next hour or so!’

‘Pete!’ Goofy gasped. ‘What is he doing here?’

‘Causing trouble no doubt.’ Donald said.

Jasmine gestured to the others. ‘Hey, look!’

Just then, a Heartless approached Pete, carrying something in its’ hand. The Heartless stopped before Pete and showed him Jasmine’s Crystal of Heart.

‘What do we have here?’ Pete asked as he picked up the beautiful crystal. ‘What a beaut! This will be the perfect present for Maleficent!’

‘He got the crystal!’ Kairi gasped. ‘We got to take it back before he deliver it to Maleficent!’

‘So anyone got a plan?’ Aladdin asked. Genie turned into a battle commander and table with a map appeared in the middle of the group.

‘Listened up you lowly maggots!’ he barked out. ‘This is how we will engage the enemy: we will thin out their forces by ambushing any fighting units. Once they go into an area hidden from their comrades, we will take them out until a fair number of them are gone! Once we outnumbered them, we will strike at their leader! Anyone has any questions?’

Jasmine raised her hand. ‘Or we could just create a diversion. Like that.’ She pointed to the centre of the cave. Just in front of Pete, dark wisps appeared and lo and behold, dozen of Heartless appeared: one Heat Sabre, two Clay Armours and nine Soldiers. Pete lost his interest in the Crystal of Heart as he looked at the new arrivals.

‘Oh? Reinforcement? Just in time. Now you lot listens, I want ten wagons full of gems. You hear me?’

Without a word, the Heat Saber pointed one of its blades towards the Crystal of Heart and the group attacked Pete. Surprise, Pete jumped out of the way before a Soldier could snatch the crystal.

‘Hey, what give? Oh… A mutiny eh? Well, we will see about that! Guards!’

Two Fat Bandits and two dozens Luna Bandits appeared at Pete’s side. While the two Fat Bandits engaged with the Clay Armours, the Luna Bandits dispatched the soldiers, only to be dealt with by the Heat Sabre. Watching from their hiding place, a disgruntled Genie frowned, crumpled his plans and threw it over his shoulders.

‘My plan is better though.’

The others ignored him as they watched two Luna Bandits dispersed by the Heat Sabre. ‘I never thought I see Heartless battling each other.’ Goofy commented. ‘Those new Heartless must be from the Horned King.’

‘Come on! Now is our chance!’ Kairi said.

‘Leave it to me!’ Iago squawked as he flapped his wings. Before anybody could stop him, Iago zoomed past the curved blades of the Luna Bandit, fireballs coughed out by the Fat Bandits, the claws of Soldiers and the iron fist of the Clay Armours until he reached Pete. Iago snatched the Crystal of Heart right under Pete’s nose before flying away. It took Pete some time from looking back from Iago to his empty palm to realise the crystal was gone. He chased after him but could not catch up to the bird.

‘D-don’t… j-just… s-stand there!’ he panted loudly. ‘F-freeze him!’

Several Fortune Tellers appeared out of nowhere, preparing to cast their freezing spell. Kairi and Donald jumped out of their hiding place, weapons in hands.

‘Donald!’ Kairi cried as she pointed Destiny’s Embrace to one of the Fortune Tellers.

‘I got it!’ Donald cried as he and Kairi casted Firaga, defeating all the Heartless aiming for Iago. Iago was almost in the safe zone when the Heat Sabre, who was after the Crystal of Heart, dashed towards him. Goofy threw his shield and knocked the Heat Sabre, causing it to lose its’ footing and allowed Iago to reached safely into Jasmine’s hands. Before Pete or the Heat Sabre could attack Jasmine, Kairi stood before them, Key-Blade in hand.

‘Oh, it’s you!’ Pete huffed as he recognised Kairi. ‘Where’s the other pipsqueak?’

‘He got tired of your ugly mug so I’m here to kick your butt!’ Kairi smiled, hiding the pain of Sora’s absence.

‘Not likely! This time, I’m prepared! Heartless Squad, to me!’

Two more Fat Bandits and six Luna Bandits appeared in front of Pete. Kairi, Pete and the Heat Sabre stood in a stand off, standing still despite the chaos in the cavern. Kairi and the Heat Sabre moved at the same time, clashing blades against each other. Pete barked an order and the Heartless charged towards the duelling warriors. Kairi and the Heat Sabre broke the exchange and turned to their new adversaries. The Heat Sabre flashed through four Luna Bandits, turning them into floating hearts. Kairi blocked a sword blow, stabbed a Luna Bandit defeating it and deflected a fireball back at a Fat Bandit; causing it to stumble into its twins who fell on top of Pete. Pete gave a yelp as the heavy body collapsed on him. Kairi and the Heat Sabre dispatched the rest of Pete’s forces before turning against each other. Kairi dodged the Heat Sabre’s blade swings with surprising agility and speed; her training in Dragon’s Belly Cavern finally paid off. Kairi caught a blade with Destiny’s Embrace, pushed it away with a circling move and thrust it into the Heat Sabre’s chest. The Heat Sabre shook violently before turning into dark wisps and a heart floated skyward. While all that was going on, Pete managed to climb on his feat; only to find himself alone against the heroes. He shook his fist at them.

‘You will pay for that!’ he gave a whistle and suddenly, the wall behind him opened. Two molten hands pushed the crack opened and roared loudly as it came into the open. The creature’s body was made from molten rocks and lava and shrouded with darkness. It was twice as big as Pete and meaner.

‘Oh by the great deserts!’ Genie gasped. ‘That’s a golem! Fused with fire power!’

‘Hahaha!’ Pete laughed. ‘Crush them!’

The fire golem scooped out mud from the ground and lit it in flames. He threw it at the group. Kairi stepped in front of the group.

‘Proctega!’

The flaming missile made an impact on Kairi’s shield with such a force that it threw Kairi back. Genie turned into a baseball glove and caught Kairi before she could hit solid ground.

‘Thanks Genie.’ Kairi said as she slid off Genie. Genie turned back and winked.

‘Gwahahahaha!’ Pete continued laughing. ‘Squashed them like insects beneath your feet!’

The golem scooped out another batch of flaming clay and threw it into the group. Kairi stood there at the incoming missile and closed her eyes as she whispered a word.

‘Kai Jia.’

A crimson light surrounded Kairi, blinding everybody in the cave. When the light lessened, everybody, except Donald and Goofy, were surprise to see Kairi in red, oriental armour with dragon shaped pads resting on her shoulders. What was even more surprising that she stopped the missile with one hand stretched towards it. Pete looked like his jaws were touching the ground.

‘B-b-b-b-but…’ he stammered uncontrollably.

Kairi just smirked and threw the flaming clay back at the golem, who in turn flew backwards back into the hole where it came from. Kairi dusted her palms as she looked down on her new armour.

‘Wow! This is some armour, all right!’

The ceilings burst opened as the fire golem angrily screamed and slammed Kairi with its palm, drilling her into the ground. Silence ruled the cave and the group stared at where Kairi was standing, horrified of her fate. Then, the golem’s hand started shaking and it flew backwards and landed on its’ back. Stepping out of the crater the creature made was Kairi, unharmed and not a single scratch on her armour. Everybody was amazed.

‘OOoooohhh!’

Kairi smiled. ‘Time to finish this!’ She summoned Destiny Embrace and jumped towards the Fire Golem. With a feminine roar, she brought Destiny Embrace down on the golem and landed a hit in the middle. It was only a insignificant blow but it was strong enough to cracked the Fire golem in half, turning it into dust and rubble of molten rocks. Also taken by surprise, Kairi mused at her own strength augmented by the Dragon Armour and turned to Pete. Pete was shaking head to toe, nervously chewing on his fingernails. Rolling her eyes, she took a step towards Pete. It was enough to make him run towards the opposite direction, wailing and screaming for Maleficent, his steamboat and his mother. When he was gone, Donald, Goofy and the others joined Kairi.

‘That was amazing!’ Donald cried as he approached her.

‘And we thought you were a goner when that thing smashed you!’ Goofy agreed.

Jasmine elbowed Kairi in the mid-section. ‘Looks like Sora don’t need to be your knight in shining armour anymore.’ She giggled.

Kairi giggled too. Iago hovered above her and gently dropped the Crystal of Heart in her hands. ‘Thank you, Iago. I’m glad that was over!’

‘Indeed!’ a reptilian voice said behind them. The group turned to see Krocken approaching them. ‘Frankly, that was quite embarrassing.’

‘Yeah!’ Donald laughed. ‘You should have seen Pete running with his tail between his legs.’

‘I’m not talking about that buffoon!’ the blue dinosaur snapped. ‘I’m talking about that crazy antic you pulled!’ he glared at Kairi. ‘What were you thinking? If it weren’t for the Dragon’s Armour, you be dead by now! Unless you wanted to experience how a pancake feels like!’

Kairi smiled sheepishly as the armour was stored away. ‘I didn’t see that coming? Besides, what’s matter is the results right?’

‘If you die in the process’, Krocken argued back. ‘Then the results will be disastrous!’

‘Oh…’ Kairi teased. ‘Is that you sounding concern for me? How sweet!’

‘In your dreams!’ Krocken snorted as he snatched the Crystal of Heart away from Kairi’s hands. ‘Now if you excuse me, I need to store the Crystal of Heart before you break it; knowing your capabilities.’

As quick as he appeared, Krocken disappeared. Aladdin stepped besides Kairi. ‘Who was that guy and what’s his deal?’

Kairi sighed. ‘It’s complicated.’

                                                     *

Kairi and Jasmine exchanged tearful hugs. ‘Thanks for everything! Without you, I doubt I’ll be able to save Sora.’

‘It’s the least I can do.’ Jasmine replied as she smiled when they broke the hug. ‘Good luck and take care in your journey. When you save Sora, come visit me and Aladdin.’

‘We will love too!’ Kairi beamed as she and Jasmine embraced again. Just as she was about to step into the Gummi Ship, Aladdin and Genie stopped her.

‘WAIT!’ Genie shouted.

Kairi got off the Gummi ship as Aladdin and Genie caught their breath. ‘What’s up?’

‘You almost forgot your last wish.’ Aladdin replied, between breaths.

‘Last wish?’ Kairi asked.

‘Yeah!’ Genie panted, as he stood straight. ‘According to the Guild of Mystical Beings, I have to grant you three wishes in order to be free. However, since I’m already free, I’m granting you wishes as a friend.’ He grinned. ‘So Kairi, you have already asked for two wishes, what’s your last one?’

Kairi pulled a thoughtful face, aware that Donald, Goofy, Iago, Abu, Carpet and Jasmine were looking curiously at her. Kairi reddened at the thought of the wish but after fighting against the Heartless had increased her confidence and self-esteem, she toughed up and said, ‘I… I wish… That… SORA AND I WILL BE TOGETHER FOREVER!!!’

The words finally out of her mouth, Kairi took a deep breath; uncertain of the silence that her friends were giving her. Then suddenly, they all burst out laughing. Kairi was livid.

‘What so funny?’

Donald wiped a tear from his eyes. ‘Sorry! It just that, the way you said it, you sounded so desperate!’

Kairi blushed.

‘Come on Kairi.’ Goofy said as soon as he calmed down. ‘Everybody knows that you and Sora will be together forever.’

‘And I will make sure of that!’ Genie declared as he snapped his fingers. A shower of sparkles descended onto Kairi then disappeared.

Kairi looked accusingly at Genie. ‘I don’t feel anything. When will I know it work?’

Genie grinned. ‘In a few years time.’

Kairi put a pouty face as Jasmine placed her hands on her shoulders. ‘I’m sure that you and Sora will be reunited again. And when the day comes that you two decide to share your life together’, Jasmine smiled. ‘Come back to Agrabah so we can celebrate it together!’

‘Yeah!’ Aladdin agreed. ‘We can make it a double wedding!’

‘Oh! OH!’ Genie said excitedly. ‘That’s mean I’ll be best man for Al and Sora!’

Kairi giggled. ‘Sorry Genie, but I think someone else will be Sora’s best man!’

Everybody laughed at the disappointment on Genie’s face.